There was a loud ‘pop!’ He appeared at the edge of a river, quite astonished and confused. “Wait, what?” He says out loud, to himself more than the world around him. He glances around, curious to see what time had done to him. Supposedly, he could manipulate time, but so far, it would seem that time was manipulating him! Because this was not the kind he remembered.
The river had changed shape. Any longer and he may have found himself in the raging waters, being swept away with the current. “Oh, thank dog!” He laughs, then happily starts to trot off before—splash! He thunders into the raging river, having not paid attention to his footing and stepped on the weak spot along the river where it subsequently caved in beneath his abnormally large figure.
It takes him a minute to regain his footing in the treacherous waters. He felt at home on land, but in the river, he was definitely not at home. His legs scrambled for footing on the loose sand beneath his hooves, and rocks came flying at him as the current pushes him down. Somehow, he keeps his head above the water, though, which helped. A little.
Finally, he manages to plant his hooves firmly against two large rocks that intersect. He shoves his weight back against the current, and searches frantically for a way out of this predicament. It doesn’t take him long, for, you see, the river widens and the current slows just after the two rocks. Of course! So he carefully lets his body slide between the rocks, only to find that they drop off sharply on the other side. The other side was not just wider, but deeper as well, and now he couldn’t touch.
And his big body is not meant to float. It’s so large and gangly. So instantly, he wants to sink. His legs fly through the water, trying desperately to both stay above the water and to move through it as well. Finally, he reaches solid ground once more and tumbles from the river, gasping for air and looking like a complete idiot. “I hope nobody saw me!” he breathes.